Enemy

- Ah! Ah!

- Control.

It's all about control.

Every dictatorship has

one obsession,

and that's it.

So, in ancient Rome,

they gave the people bread

and circuses.

They kept the populace busy

with entertainment.

But other dictatorships use

other... other strategies

to control ideas,

the knowledge.

How do they do that?

They lower education,

they limit culture,

censor information.

They censor any means

of individual expression.

And it's important

to remember this,

that this is a pattern

that repeats itself

throughout history.

OK.

See you next week.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- OK.

How are you?

- I'm good.

Ah.

- See, every di...

every dictatorship, uh...

There's always one obsession,

and that's control.

They want to have control

over the people.

In ancient Rome, they... they

gave, uh, bread and circuses.

They kept the populace busy

with entertainment.

In other dictatorships,

they have other strategies.

To limit information,

to limit ideas and knowledge.

And how do they do that?

They lower education,

limit culture, they censor

any means of self-expression.

But it's important

to remember this:

this is a... this is a pattern

that repeats itself

throughout history.

- You don't go

to the movies, do you?

- The movies?

- Yeah, are you

a movie guy?

In your free time,

I mean.

- I don't know. I don't...

I don't... I don't...

I don't go out that much.

I don't... I don't

really like movies.

- Oh.

- Well, you don't have to go out

to enjoy a good flick at home.

- That's true.

- I usually just rent them,

yeah. I think most people don't

these days, you know, but, uh,

well, that's what I do.

- Is there a reason

why you're asking me this?

- No. - Just 'cause you

brought it up,

and I thought, you know,

maybe you had a recommendation

or you saw a movie

that you liked and you wanted

to tell me about it, or...

- Oh, well, sure.

I mean, yeah, there's

always... always something.

I mean...

- I could go

for something cheerful.

- Hmm.

Where There's a Will,

There's a Way.

- That's true.

- No, it's a movie.

I saw it a little while ago,

but, um...

yeah, I remember,

uh, you know, it was...

I liked it.

- Mm. Where There's a Will,

There's a Way.

- Yeah, that's it.

Local film. If you...

- I'll keep it in mind.

- I think I'm drunk.

You want to go to bed?

- Hmm?

- You want to go to bed?

- No, I'm gonna finish,

um, grading these papers,

and then I'll

come join you, OK?

- Mr. Anderson,

my husband will be back-

- Your husband just won a heck of a lot

of money from me. By the look in his eye,

he didn't have an intention

to quit.

- Ow!

Stop!

Stop.

- OK, OK. OK.

What's wrong?

- Let me call you tomorrow.

- Sorry I'm late.

Uh...

All right.

Last class, we talked

about dictatorships,

so today we'll start

with Hegel.

Uh...

it was Hegel who said

that all the great...

greatest world events

happen twice,

and then Karl Marx added:

the first time it was a tragedy;

the second time it was a farce.

It's, uh, strange

to think, uh...

Yeah, a lot of the world's

thinkers are worried that...

that this century will be a...

a repetition of the last one.

Now, there's... there's

an interesting observation.

A creative act of memory,

to remember something,

to remember somebody,

is, uh...

It's always coloured

by emotions...

Hmm.

I'm looking for, uh,

Call Me L8R

and Passenger

Without a Ticket.

Sh*t.

- Anthony?

Anthony.

Hey! Long time no see.

I couldn't tell it was you

with that beard.

Is that for a movie?

- Yeah.

- Man, you haven't been

around here for ages.

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